BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Washington Nationals   8/15/1955

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Moon LF           1  0  1  0 .290     J.Temple 2B         4  1  0  0 .262  
A-C.Maxwell PR,LF     3  1  1  0 .299     H.Kuenn SS          5  1  1  1 .303  
  P.Runnels 2B        4  0  2  0 .297     R.Repulski LF       5  0  3  2 .300  
  M.Mantle RF,CF      3  0  0  1 .289     G.Bell CF           2  1  0  0 .287  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  0  0  0 .298     A.Smith RF          2  0  1  0 .263  
  J.Delsing CF,RF     4  0  1  0 .186     R.Boone 3B          4  2  1  0 .295  
  B.Gardner 3B        4  0  0  0 .208     E.Torgeson 1B       1  2  1  2 .227  
  G.Triandos C        4  0  2  0 .283     H.Naragon C         4  0  2  2 .429  
  J.Logan SS          2  0  0  0 .281     C.Erskine P         4  1  1  1 .173  
  T.Brewer P          2  0  0  0 .091                                          
B-B.Martin PH         1  0  0  0 .265                                          
  M.Grissom P         0  0  0  01.000                                          
C-B.Cerv PH           0  0  0  0 .456                                          
D-J.Piersall PR       0  0  0  0 .279                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  7  1                 Totals      31  8 10  8

A-Pinch Ran For Moon In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brewer In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Cerv In 9th Inning

INJURY: Wally Moon INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning
INJURY: Bob Cerv INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning

Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  7  0
Nationals....... 0 2 0  3 1 0  1 1    -  8 10  0

Athletics (48-63)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Brewer LOSS(3-5)        6       7   6   6   6   2   0 113   4.63  A1 D3
M.Grissom                 2       3   2   2   3   0   1  53   3.72  D4
Totals                    8      10   8   8   9   2   1

Nationals (52-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Erskine WIN(8-6)        9       7   1   1   2   7   0 116   5.09  A1
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   7   0

ATTENDANCE- 13,904 DATE- Sunday, August 15th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9  Nationals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Nationals: 1
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(10th), R.Boone(14th), H.Naragon(1st)
HOME RUNS- H.Kuenn(9th)
RBIs- M.Mantle(88th), H.Kuenn(50th), R.Repulski-2(2nd), E.Torgeson-2(9th),
      H.Naragon-2(2nd), C.Erskine
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle, E.Torgeson-2
WALKS- J.Logan-2, J.Temple, G.Bell-3, A.Smith-3, R.Boone, E.Torgeson
HIT BY PITCH- W.Moon, B.Cerv
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell-2, M.Mantle-2, G.Hodges, G.Triandos-2, H.Kuenn,
             C.Erskine
GIDP- G.Hodges
WILD PITCHES- T.Brewer, C.Erskine-2
2-out RBI- R.Repulski-2, H.Kuenn
RLISP 2-out- A.Smith, T.Brewer-3, H.Kuenn, H.Naragon, J.Delsing, R.Boone-2,
             C.Maxwell
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 8  Nationals: 3 for 11
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Gus Bell robbed Mickey Mantle of a Homerun!

Carl Erskine allowed Gordy Renaud to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game
and left fielder Rip Repulski had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Washington
Nationals beat the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 8 to 1.

Washington took the lead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning as they
scored 2 runs on 2 base hits.  That was all the runs Erskine(8-6) needed.
Washington had 10 hits for the afternoon.  

Tom Brewer(3-5) was the loser. He allowed 6 runs and 7 hits in 6 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Washington Nationals
W.Moon-A1    A1:Si      *3*:HBP    *5*:K      *8*:Do     E1:K
C.Maxwel-B2                                              
                                                         
P.Runnel-A1  A2:Si>12   B2:F/9     C2:G/63    D2:Si>23
                                              
                                              
M.Mantle-A1  A3:K       B3:F/9     C3:K       D3:SF/8>3
                                              #
                                              
G.Hodges-A1  A4:G-DP/6  B4:K       *6*:G/53   D4:G/63>1
             43>1o                            2
                                              
J.Delsin-A1  *2*:Si     *4*:G/43   C5:G/43    D5:G/43
                                              
                                              
B.Gardne-A1  A6:P/2     B6:L/5     C6:G/31    *9*:L/6
                                              
                                              
G.Triand-A1  A7:K       B7:Si      *7*:K      D7:Si
                                              
                                              
J.Logan-A1   A8:W>12 b  B8:W>12 b  C8:F/8     D8:WP>12
             1          1                     F/9
                                              
T.Brewer-A1  A9:G/53    B9:WP>23   C9:F/8     D9:HBP
B.Martin-C9             12 G/63               
M.Grisso-D1+                                  

J.Temple-A1  A1:G/63    B1:F/9     C1:W>12 b  *6*:G/53   E1:G/63
                                   1                     
                                                         
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:K       B2:P/6     C2:WP>23   D2:F/8     E2:HR>b#
                                   12 G/53               
                                                         
R.Repuls-A1  A3:Si      *3*:G/13   C3:Si>3#   D3:FO/5    E3:Si
                                   2#                    
                                                         
G.Bell-A1    A4:W>12 b  B4:G/3     C4:F/8     *7*:W>b1   E4:W>12 b
             1                                           1
                                                         
A.Smith-A1   A5:P/6     B5:W>b1    *5*:W>b1   D5:Si>12   E5:W>23 1
                                                         2 b1
                                                         
R.Boone-A1   *2*:W>b1   B6:G/63    C6:Do>1o   D6:G/43>2  E6:F/8
                                              3 12       
                                                         
E.Torges-A1  A7:Si>13   *4*:W>b1   C7:SF/8>3  D7:SF/7>3
                                   #          #
                                              
H.Narago-A1  A8:Do>3#   B8:G/43>1  C8:Si      D8:G/43
             2#         2                     
                                              
C.Erskin-A1  A9:L/6     B9:Si>2#   C9:K       *8*:F/8